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The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki, winner of the governorship election in Edo State. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, announced the total result of the election. He said APC polled 223,619 votes, while PDP got 307,955 votes. Godwin Obaseki of PDP (Left), Osagie Ize-Iyamu of APC (Right)   Although 17 political parties fielded candidates for the election, it is a two-way race between All Progressives Congress and PDP. Incumbent Governor Obaseki of PDP ran against APC standard-bearer Osagie Ize-Iyamu. Obaseki was elected on APC’s platform in 2016 but defected to the PDP after being denied the ticket owing to intra-party squabbles.               This story was written by https://www.today.ng/new

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an iconic champion of women's rights, has died of cancer at the age of 87, the court has said. Ginsburg died on Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer at her home in Washington, DC, surrounded by her family, the statement said. Earlier this year, Ginsburg said she was undergoing chemotherapy for a recurrence of cancer. She was a prominent feminist who became a figurehead for liberals in the US. Ginsburg was the oldest sitting justice on the Supreme Court, having served 27 years on the nation's highest court. As one of four liberal justices on the court, her health was watched closely. Ginsberg's death raises the prospect of US President Donald Trump trying to expand its slender conservative majority. "Our Nation has lost a jurist of historic stature," Chief Justice John Roberts said in a statement on Friday. "We at the Supreme Court have lost a cherished colleague. Today we mourn, but with confidence that future generations will remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg as we knew her - a tireless and resolute champion of justice."                 This story was written by BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news

A Slovenian woman has been found guilty of deliberately sawing off her own hand as part of an insurance scam.   A court in the capital Ljubljana found that Julija Adlesic, 22, had taken out five insurance policies in the year before her injury. She had claimed it happened as she cut branches.   Adlesic stood to gain more than €1m (£900,000, $1.16m) in payouts. She now faces two years in prison, while her boyfriend has been given a three-year sentence. Adlesic and a number of relatives were arrested in 2019 after she arrived in hospital with her hand cut off above the wrist.   The court found that she and her boyfriend had intentionally left the severed hand behind rather than bringing it with them to ensure the disability was permanent. However, authorities recovered it in time to sew it back on.                 This story was written by BBC News (https://www.bbc.com/news)